Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says hajj can annul and render ineffective all the plots of the arrogant powers and the Zionists to cause humanity to decay.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in his annual hajj message that was released on Tuesday.
“At this juncture in time and more than in the past, unity and spirituality are subject to the enmity and the sabotage of the arrogant powers and the Zionism,” he wrote in the message.
He warned that the US and other “centers of arrogance” strongly oppose the unity of Muslims and the understanding between nations, countries, and Islamic governments, and undermine commitment to the religion among the youth in these countries.
“They are intensely opposed to these and they will fight these with any means they can,” he maintained. “It is the duty of all of us, the duty of all the nations, and the duty of our governments to stand against this evil scheme of the US and Zionist regime.”
The Supreme Leader noted that “unity” and “spirituality” are the main points of his message, saying unity and spirituality are what guarantee the material and spiritual advancement of the Islamic world and enlighten the entire world.
He wrote: “Unity means being connected both intellectually and in practice. It means that hearts, thoughts, and orientations come closer together. It means a synergy between science and experience. It means having an economic connection between Islamic countries. It means the existence of trust and cooperation between Muslim governments. It means working together against common, definite enemies. Unity means that the plots designed by the enemy cannot set Islamic denominations, nations, races, languages, and the diverse cultures of the Islamic world against each other.”
He further argued that unity also means that political and cultural leaders in Islamic countries should prepare themselves in a coordinated manner for the situation that will exist in the upcoming world order.
“They need to determine with their own hands and by their own will the proper place for the Islamic Ummah in the new global experience, which is filled with opportunities and threats. They should not allow the bitter experience of the political and territorial engineering of West Asia at the hands of Western governments after WWI to be repeated.”
“I ask Almighty God to grant success and an accepted and blessed hajj to all of you the Iranian and non-Iranian pilgrims” Ayatollah Khamenei said in the message.